this year, three people were sentenced to prison, one for not having appeared to his duties, and the other two after having dropped out of.
A 20-year-old man who was sentenced to 14 days in jail, says to Swedish Radio that he got cold feet shortly after he stepped in and came simply not return after a vattenpaus.
“All I thought was that I didn’t want to be there,” he says.
one important factor when assessing who should be called in. But according to the head of department Bengt Forssten so, one can not take into account if someone decides in retrospect.
– It is not a reason to avoid service, ” he says to Swedish Radio.
In a survey that the TT did in February showed that at least 24 young people had been convicted for crimes against totalförsvarsplikten, most of them fine, then the obligation to the board was re-introduced in 2017.
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